End-gate fastener



Patented Sept 6, I898. A. SCHLA-PBAC H.

END GATE FASTENER.

(Application filed Nov. 30, 1897.)

(N 0 M o d e l4 7 o /6 7 ll 8 Wifgzsses Nrrn STATES ALBERT SGHLAPBAOH,

' OF SCANDIA, KANSAS.

EN D-GATE FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,332, dated September 6, 1898. Application filed November 30, 1897. Serial No.660,255. (No model.)

To all whont it ntay concern.-

to improvements in cient one capable of securely locking an endgate on a wagon-body and adapted to permit the same to be quickly removed when-desired. The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended. In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an end-gate fastener constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a wagon-body. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the end-gate,showing the fastener unlocked. Fig; 4 is a detail perspective view of the connecting-lever. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken longitudinally of the end-gate fastener and showing the position of the parts when locked. Fig. 6 is a plan View, partly in section, the fasteningdevice being unlocked.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

1 designates an end-gate supported by inner vertical cleats 2, secured to the inner faces of the sides 3 of a wagon-body at and located contiguous to the inner face of the end-gate,-

and the bottom of the wagon-body is provided with blocks or cleats 5, arranged to support the lower edge of the end-gate. The rear portion of the wagon-body is further supported by vertical cleats 4, arranged on the outer faces of the sides 3, at the rear ends thereof. The end-gate has slidingly mounted on it a pair of bars 6, connected at their inner ends to a lever 7 and provided at their outer ends with'openings 8, arranged adjacent to slots 9 of the end-gate and adapted to engage hooks 10 of the wagon-body. The bars 6 are mounted in guides 11 and in recesses or openings of looking or connecting lever is arranged horizontally and the'pivoted ends of the bars are carried beyondthe center, whereby the parts are. securely held in their locked position. When the parts are locked, the inner ends of the bars 6 overlap each other partially, the opening between the sides of the lever being sufficient to permit such operation. The connecting portion 16 of the lever forms a stop and abuts against the adjacent bar when the parts are locked, and a suitable handle 7 is provided for facilitating the manipulation of the lever. The lever 7 is preferably constructed of a single piece of metal which is centrally split from one end to within a short distance from the other end to provide the connecting portion 16, and it is then folded longitudinally to form the two sides.

The hooks 10, which are provided with fiattened shanks, are held in proper position to be engaged by the outer ends of the bar Gby means of guide-plates 17, secured to the inner faces of the sides of the wagon-body and extended around the front faces of the cleats 2. The guide-plates are provided with slots to receive the flattened shanks of the hooks, and these slots are slightly enlarged centrally to permit the passage of the threaded portions of the shanks. The threaded portions of the shanks are engaged by nuts, which are held on the shanks by suitable keepers 18 and 19, which swivel the nuts to the body. The keeper 18, which engages an ordinary nut, consists of a plate provided with a perforation to receive the threaded'shank and having a tongue 20, which extends over the outer face of the'nut. This construction permits a free rotation of the nut to adjust the hook, but prevents the nut from screwing off the shank when the hook is stationary, as is the case whenthe end-gate is locked. The keeper 19, which engages a flanged nut, has an angularly-bent outwardly-offset central portion, which is provided with an opening to receive the body portion of the nut, the flange engaging the inner face of the keeper.

The end-gate is securely locked when closed and may be readily taken out without removing the end-gate of a top box when such is employed, and it will be seen that the locking mechanism is simple, strong, and durable, that it is easily manipulated, and that it cannot become accidentally unfastened by any jolting of the vehicle.

Chan ges in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a Wagon-body provided with cleats and having inwardly-extending hooks, and an end-gate provided with slots to receive the said hooks and having guides, of a fastening device comprising a pair of oppositely-disposed bars slidingly mounted in the guides and provided at their outer ends with of the bars and composed of two sides connected at their upper ends and receiving the bars between them, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a wagon-body provided at the inner faces of its sides with cleats, guideplates provided with slots and secured to the inner faces of the sides of the body, hooks projecting from the inner faces of the sides of the wagon-body and having shanks arranged in said slots, nuts located on the exterior of the body and engaging the shanks, keepers mounted on the body and engaging the nuts, an end-gate fitting against the cleats and provided with slots to receive the hooks, and a locking device comprising the sliding bars having openings to engage the hooks, and a lever pivoted to the inner ends of the bars and forming a lock, substantially as de- ALBERT SCI'ILAPBACI'I.

Witnesses: GUs'r NELSON, J. W. GooDRIoH. 

